Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha reached a $213,000 settlement with a national real estate management corporation, resolving claims that the company’s application and screening practices violated the state’s Unfair and Deceptive Practices Act and Fair Housing Practices Act as well as the federal Fair Housing Act.
The Legal Defense Fund reached a settlement on behalf of a New York-based fair housing group against a realty company accused of limiting housing opportunities for Black homebuyers through racial steering.
The National Fair Housing Alliance and 13 other fair housing and consumer protection organizations filed an amicus brief opposing a joint request by Townstone Financial and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to vacate the settlement in CFPB v. Townstone Financial, Inc., et al.
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights issued a finding of probable cause against a same-day lender alleging the business refused to lend to prospective clients based on race, national origin and nationality.
The finding alleged the firm’s owner and other employees instructed sales staff not to do business with people of certain racial and ethnic groups.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the legal team for Townstone Financial filed a joint motion asking the court to vacate the settlement the CFPB reached with Townstone in November, which resolved allegations of redlining and violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) against the Chicago mortgage broker.
The CFPB called the Townstone case “abusive,” “unjust” and “a seven-year harassment saga.” Attorneys on the Townstone team talked to RESPA News about this unprecedented reversal by the bureau.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois – Eastern Division to vacate the settlement in CFPB v. Townstone Financial, Inc., et al., which resolved allegations of redlining and violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) against the Chicago mortgage broker owned by Barry Sturner.
A group of mortgage brokers and their manager filed a motion to dismiss a complaint brought against them by the Pennsylvania attorney general alleging they violated RESPA through a kickback scheme.
The motion to dismiss argued the complaint failed to identify any referrals in exchange for payments, among other things.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped its December 2024 complaint against Rocket Homes Real Estate, JMG Holding Partners LLC, and the firm’s owner that alleged they violated RESPA by participating in a kickback scheme involving referrals and steering homebuyers toward Rocket Mortgage.
A former CFPB attorney shares what the bureau’s decision could mean for RESPA Section 8 enforcement moving forward.
The Federal Trade Commission and the Colorado attorney general filed a complaint against Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, the country’s largest multi-family rental property manager, alleging it deceived customers about rent prices by tacking hidden fees onto advertised prices.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued Rocket Homes, accusing it of providing incentives to real estate brokers and agents in exchange for steering homebuyers to Rocket Mortgage for loans. The CFPB also sued a real estate brokerage firm and its owner for its alleged role in the arrangement.
Experts shared with RESPA News what the bureau’s latest enforcement action might mean for the industry.
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